飛起

Chinese

		to fly	to rise; to raise; to get up
trad. (飛起)		飛	起
simp. (飞起)		飞	起
anagram		起飛／起飞
Literally: “to fly up”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fei¹ hei²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fei¹ hei²
    • Yale: fēi héi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fei¹ hei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: féi¹ héi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fei̯⁵⁵ hei̯³⁵/

Verb

飛起

1. (Cantonese, figurative) to be extreme

   惡到飛起／恶到飞起 [Cantonese]  ―  ok³ dou³ fei¹ hei² [Jyutping]  ―  extremely fierce

   佢老豆實打到佢飛起。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢老豆实打到佢飞起。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ lou⁵ dau⁶ sat⁶ daa² dou³ keoi⁵ fei¹ hei². [Jyutping]

   His dad is surely going to beat him up badly.

Usage notes

Usually used as a complement after a verb or adjective and 到 (dou3). When used in this construction, it can be translated as "extremely", "awfully", "terribly" or "badly".

Synonyms

• 要命 (yàomìng)